The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-02 00:00:00

T HE CITY MERCANTILE CLUB D DIN ING : FIALL COMPANY (limited). NOTICE.—In the Preliminary Contract made by the Di rectors for securing Premises, in their opinion. nartieularly eligible for the Club-house, they were restrained from iden tifying the particular premises so purchased until several thousand shares had been subscribed for, and the application for shares being - already far in excess of this rvstriction, the Directors have now mu di p ensure in announcing to the public that the Premises they have secured comprise the not:l'e pile of Buildings, Nos ill and 103, Cheapside. imme diately opposite to Bo w Church, and extending to Honey lane in the rear, having been erected two years since, from the designs, and under the superintendence, of J. L. Knowles, F.I. B.A. THE CITY MERCANTILE CLUB and DINING HALL COMPANY (Limited). (Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862.) Capital, £BO,OOO, in 8000 shares of £lO each. Deposit, £1 per Share on application, and LI on allotment, Should no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full. DIRECTORS. A. J. Brook, Esq., Leather Merchant, Holloway. Captain Capel Crepe, Army and Navy Club. John Sainsbury Davenport, Esq. (Deputy Commissary General), Clarendon Lodge, Brighton. Thomas Shann Denham, Esq. (of the firm of Wilkinson and Co.), flax spinners, Leeds. Frederick Augustus Legg, Esq., The Willows, South Norwood. Thomas Hardwick, Esq., Moorland -terrace, Leeds. Thomas King. Esq., 23, St. Paul's-grove, Canonbury. David Fraser Luckie, Esq. (Director of the City and County Assurance Company), 26, Ashley-place, Victoria-street, Westminster. Captain Arthur Palliser, Oriental Club. John Theodoridi, Esq., Merchant, Great Winchester etroet, Old Broad-street, City. With power to add to their number. BANKERS.—The London and County Bank, Lombard street, City, and Ilanover-square. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Tippetts and Son, 2, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury, City. Messrs. Upton and Yewdall, Leeds. AUDITORS. Johnstone, Cooper,Wintle, and Co., SA, Lothbury, London. H. W. Blackburn, Esq., Bradford. IROKE R —Alfred Ashton, Esq., 75, Old Broad-street,City SECRETARY (pro. tern.)—Mr. J. W. Tempest. Temporary Bucklersbury (two doors from the Mansion House.) In introducing the City Mercantile Club and Dining Hall Company to the public the Directors have pleasure in k tk , w sug that they are supplying a great public want, it being universally admitted that— A. Club adapted to the constantly increasing growth and requirements of the commercial and mercantile world of the City of London, and A higher class public dining and refreshment hall are greatly wanted. The Club, with its private dining, reading, and smoking rooms for the exclusive use of members, will be condu c t e d under the management of a committee, strictly upon the principles of similar establishments, with a small entrance fee and subscription, and a moderate dining-room tariff, adapted to the views of menof the commercial world. The establishment will contain from 30 to 40 bed •rooms. Holders of ten shares and upwards will (subject to the ballot) be admitted to the membership of the club, without entrance fee. The public dining halls will be on a scale worthy of the City, and capable of comparison with any establishment on the Continent. The Directors have purchased in one of the best and most central situations in the City, in close proximity to the principal places of business, a magnificent range of buildings (recently erected under the superintendence of an eminent architect) in the centre of Cheapside, having nearly 30,000 feet of floor space, and pre-eminently adapted to the re quirements of all branches of the proposed establishment. It will be for the consideration of the Directors whether it is desirable to let off the ground and basement floors, the residue of the premises providing ample space for the re quirements of the undertaking, and should these floors ba so let off they will alone command a rental sufficient to guarantee a substantial dividend upon the paid-up capital. The Directors have carefully considered the probable profits and returns of this undertaking, and their mos t moderate calculations show a dividend of from 30 to 40 pe r ant. The Directors congratulate themselves on having secured the invaluable co-operation of several gentlemen whose practical knowledge and experience will be truly desirable. In consequence of a large amount of shares havine , been already applied for (and a mos t encouraging number of applications mule for Club membership),the Directors are compelled to aid that. the list of applications for shares can remain open for a limited period only, in the meantime applications for the unaliotted shares must be made to the Solicitors or Secretary; the required deposit having been prpvionsly paid to the Bankers of the Company. The Articles of Association can be seen at the Company's Offices. FORK OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. No. -- To the Directors of the City Mercantile Club and Dining Hall Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me Shares or XlO each, in the above Company, and I enclose a cheque for the deposit of Li per Share thereon : and I un dertake to pay the further sum of Ll on allotment, to pay ail calls thereon, and to execute the articles of association W ben required. Dated this day of 18 Names in full Residence Profession or trade Place of business EIREATRE ROYAL I) kU lt Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and n (nintiortnn TITTS Ic.TENING, the Performances will commence with the New Serio-Comic Drams., by Edmund li`alconer, entitled, !GILT D MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, liti,ssrs. Barrett, Fit zjamEs, Miss Atkiuson, Miss It. Leclerat It'ad Miss Heath. conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mi in, of SIN BA DTEI P, [LOH. ; or, The Seven Wondeni of th ,, World. Clowns, Messrs. 11. Boleno and C. Lauri ; liarlequins, nessrs. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, ittessni. W A. Barn s and J. alorris ; Columbines, Madame 'Jolene. and Misses Gunniss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. _ _ /THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET . - Sole Lessee and Manazer, Mr, Ruckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LITrLE DAISY. Miss Maria Barris. Followed by BUNKUM MULLF.R. Mr. Sothern. After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Harris, Lirdlley, Hill, Am .6,nd A KISS IN THE DATIK. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE . Under the Sole Management of Mr. Pechter. - BEL DE IIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: 3lkessrs. 11. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, ZiLireland; Misses Percy, Pauline Leaereq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. Ater which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhars " Italian Chronicle , i," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ;MI Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, SI rs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge Is Shade to the occupaats of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either ie, - ; play bills or for the safe keeping of hatg and cloaks, and twat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to *receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 3. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. And JACK'S ARRIVAL FROM CANTON. NEW THEATRE-KO YAL, ADELPHL— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. 22d Week of Miss Bateman. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY RORSEBREAKER. Woolgar and Mr. J. L. Toole. / to Eight, the New Drama of' LEAH . Miss Bate ran, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Btl ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss 11. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio end his Seven Magid Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT. MISS BATEMAN. MISS RA.TEMAN.--LEA H.-THIS EVENING, the 131 at a nATEMAN. i n ign l rance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss the unbounded auee.s c " of LEAH. In consequence of aracter h 'h Miss Bateman's imperao- I . nation of the priticiial been att ch ar acters in ot LEAH hasthe new Five Act Drama that it will b e perto e ,d nue v ti , . Mr fV.'ehstrr i b N e ur p to announce notice. r'n - ' EBY E VEN until further ROYAL ST. JAMRS'S the Management of liEr. B. WEBSTER. THF,ATRE. under Crowded with rank And fashion.— The New Comedy of TIIE isILVI4.:It LINING every Evening. —Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathew's, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Matthews and M r. .1. 1.. Toole every evening. The following emi nent ' artistes are enraged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr..l. L. Tonle, Mr. h a s. Mathews Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirllntz, Miss Herbert, Nlrs. is Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny 'Josephs, Miss Went- Worth, and Mrs. Charles Matnews, TIIIS EVENING, and during the IVeek, at 7 ov ock, an entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by Leister Bucking ham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER. LINING: Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, Charles atone, Mr. Montague; Mrs ( harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth. and Mrs. Frank To be followed by Mr. Charles Mathews just translated from the French)in his characteristic character of Un Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with TUE. BIRTLIPLACEOF PODGERS. 317.. J. L. Toole, s It AN I) 'l' if EAT lt Iraim.2.er, Mr. W. H. S wan h orouzli. TIIIS . EVENING, ON AND Opp. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr . lelford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Misi Thorne. Alter which, the Grand Christmas Barlesque, 0 RPIIEDA IND EURYDICE : Messrs.. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Siyanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Concluding with MA Rfl AT E . SANDS. 1£43. ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY 1864. Y A L OPERA., CO E VI N ,NI 9 - L GAR I DI S N II, A, Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING (17th time a new Opera, founded on Goldsmith's Comedy, and to be called SILK STOOPS TO S;ONQUER. Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. After which, FANCIIETTE : Miss Susan yyne,Thirlwall , Mr. Corrie, Mr. Rouse. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'.......26s. per ton. Double . 21s. per ton. 'Pop 25s „ Nuts. l9B. „ Deep ...........2225. .. Well screened and delivered within fi miles of their De- pots, Westbonrne Park-road, W., and ve 17, South Wharf, "Addington, W. Best C0ke.......... lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOAN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Clio; DAM—Morning, 7h. 24m.—Afternoon, 7h. 58m, C o-mouitow.-Morning, Bh. 32m.—Afternoon, Oh. 18m, The Weather—Sun Office, March 2, 1864. THERMO3dETER. This day at Two o'clock 45 Barometer-29.75, Wind—S.E.; moderate breeze, and hazy. 4 , s 44 Commence at 7. THE LAST TWELVE NIGHTS. GRACE EGERTON (Mrs. George OI Re ), at the POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King Virmi am .. treet (her THIRD SEASON in London), In her New and iehlyauccesstul Characteristic and Musical Entertalament eptitlP4 " A DRAWING ROOM TO LET." E V:ERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday). Saturday Mornings at Three. pStalls. 3i. ; unreserved seats. 2s. ; area, is. Will conti'nue ositively for a m onth only. .I,ast performance March 12. .-______________________ ~ 11HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUM," 1. Containinz the Lategt SPORTING INTELLIGIiNt E, Den be bad Every Evenit 4 ot G. EL GLkNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCII 2, 1864, If Mr. DISRAELI'S speech, on Monday evening, in the House of Commons, was, as we took occasion to remark, incidentally, in our impression of yes terday, one of the most remarkable to which the Leader of the Opposition has for some time given utterance, the speech delivered immediately after wards—we can hardly say in reply—by Lord PALMERSTON was one of the very feeblest we ever remember to have been made by that eminent and veteran master of debate. Contrasted with the close reasoning applied by the member for Bucks to the consideration, not only of the whole Foreign Policy of the present Government, but to the whole of the career of the Foreign Secretary as a diplomatist, the remarks of the Prime Minister were as little to the purpose in the way of anything like reply as so much idle small-talk. The coolness of Lord PALMERSTON'S objection to Mr. DISRAELI'S predilection for attacking by prefer. ence men who are absent (as illustrated in the instance then immediately under the con sideration of the House) amounted almost, one might say, to the ridiculous. The device of Lord PALMERSTON in relegating so many of the chief members of his Cabinet to the House of Peers, would, in truth, be one of consummate inge nuity if, by its continuance, the responsible Minis ters of the Crown were to obtain immunity from all criticism, whether upon their acts or upon their policy, within the walls of the Commons House of Parliament. The exception taken, in this captious and fretful manner to the remarks uttered in the House of Commons upon the English Foreign Secre tary, now unfortunately removed to the Upper House of the Legislature, was nothing less, we repeat (even though it is an exception taken by Lord PALMERSTON himself), than simply ridiculous. Then, again, as to any advantage having been taken of the Prime Minister's absence from the house the other evening— the like opportunities have been so abundant during the present session, whenever it happened that awk ward questions had to be put to the occupants of the Treasury Bench, that the objection then made in the one isolated instance adduced by the Prime Minister was in no way whatever either valid or admissible. Could anything again be more entirely unworthy of Lord PALMERSTON than the inept to quoque re tort in reference to Mr. DISRAELI'S allusion to "diplomatic rubbish" (of the which, surely, we have evidence in past years by cartloade)—" Why, sir, there is such a thing as Parliamentary rubbish"— meaning obviously the speech jest delivered by the Leader of the Opposition. The Parliamentary rubbish, making up that speech of Mr. DISRAELI'S being, in effect, as we have said, one of the most closely reasoned analyses of Lord RUSSELL'S foreign policy as Secretary of State and of his career in byegcne years as an Ambassador Extraordinary —it may be said, even, Very Extraordinary— every comment contained in that speech being strictly pertinent to the occasion, the present mo mentous occasion, that is when War and Peace are trembling in the balance. Later on, the Prime Minis ter showed in the jauntliest way imaginable that, after all, there is really and truly nothing like making the best of it. " What," he asks with delightful confidence, "What are the cir cumstances in which we (that is her Ma jesty's Ministers) have placed the country ?" Precisely. "That is the question." What are those circumstances ? Lord PALMERSTON answers his own inquiry. "We are at peace"—he says. Nothing whatever about its being a peace noble or ignoble, honourable or dishonourable, —while Poland ,is being ground to the dust under the brute force of the Russian Autocracy, while the soil of Denmark is being overrun by the troops of Austria and Prussia. "We are at peace," he says—" We are prosperous [" with a war expenditure, during this very peace over the continuance of which we are called upon to exult so loudly]—" we are prosperous," and, to crown all, (this piece of information, how ever, being rather superfluous, as it appears to us, it being known already only too well) —" we have been occupied in communications with all the Powers of Europe in endeavouring to settle differences without war !" And—as the French EMPEROR is said the other day to have hinted sarcastically to Lord CowLEY when the latter was observing that our Government had done everything to preserve peace! And— admirably we have succeeded ! Why, that is precisely what we are wanting, to learn all we possibly care about. And when a very natural eagerness to know all about it is expressed by the head of the Opposition, or by any one else. all the Prime Minister has to say in answer to this eagerness, Wait, Wait—and you will soon enough know all about it ! Our Government is already reaping the fruits of their unjust and impolitices u siu pa a rt u m f li n ty aut w ra h l i i c ty h : under the cover of loud prof they have shown to the Federal Stater. dilemma,Sta tee.l f ' r h u e m y have been entrapped into a regular which they hove ex=tricated themselves, n a aftera faeh on, by taking what was perhaps un avoidable, but will bt. a decidedly unpopular course. It seem s that. 'on Wednesday last a stoamer of 3,000 tons, and 500 horse power, plated from stem to stern, was lauJlched in the Clyde from the yard of the builders .3f that very ship Pampero, the circumstance s of whose detention have been so recently discussed.. was natural to infer that this new course was intended for purposes of war, and rumour did n c t fail to assign her to the little Power now so g, dlantly struggling for its independence in the Not . th of Eu ro pe. Some curiosity has been consequel ltly felt by the un initiated respected the course to be followed by her MAJESTY'S Ministers. If the y detained this vessel they w ou ld b e d ou b tless inj' ring, still more, that Danish cause to which their lukewarm and vacil lating friendship has done s , ) n such mischief. On w the other hand, if they sutle t r n e d thisbe said a i n d e new' of the steamer to depart, - what was e BPairmkepnerhon,adth; Lord Alex Alexandra, sasnEdlLthheasstdean7cids decided upon rams at following consistent course, f i the vessel although he is still npe the more in question had been building for Prussian use, nto the re inquiry whether, he would have thought it necessary to detain her. According to the explanation given by Mr. LAYARD, in reply to a question from Mr. DAL GLISH, on Monday night, the Danish Minister in this country himself informed the Foreign Secre tary that a vessel intended for purposes of war was being built in the dockyard spoken of, and further offered, if the Government objected to the proceeding, to stop the fitting up of the vessel. Of course, as we might have easily conjectured, Earl RUSSELL, whose dreams appear to be haunted by visions of war vessels sur reptitiously steaming out of British dock yards, thought it would be better to avoid the possibility of such a catastrophe in this case by stopping the fitting up. However, the builders were not mach inclined to adopt Lord RUSSELL'S direction of their dockyard, and very naturally re• presented that it would be very inconvenient to have an unfinished vessel lying on the stocks. Upon this objection being made known to the great auto crat of our private dockyards, he gave his gracious permission that the vessel should be completed on condition of her remaining in the Clyde. The Danish Minister having pledged himself that she should go no further, in the words of Mr. LAYARD, " the vessel was completed and left the stocks, but is detained in this country until hostilities shall have ceased," by which time, we may suppose, her owners will find her very useful! It is not sur prising to find the Under Secretary passing a high oulogium upon "the great loyalty and honourable character of the Danish Minister." Doubtless he is a model of diplomatists in the eyes of the Foreign office. Let us only imagine what difficulties, what lawsuits, what angry discussions in Parliament, what awkward questions about despatches would have been spared the Ministry if Messrs. SLIDELL and MASON had only been as sensible of their dip lomatic obligations, though certainly it would scarcely have been possible for the fact of Southern war vessels being built to have been communicated to Earl RUSSELL before the breaking out of hosti lities, as was done in this case. This fact, indeed, gives rise to the question whether ambassador and Foreign Secretary were not alike somewhat over anxious in the matter, seeing that as the war had not begun there could be no actual infraction of the law, even as Earl RUSSELL reads it. The Danish Minister probably thought that when the day of trial came English ships would be ready to play their part—an English fleet would appear again in the memorable Baltic, whose powerful aid should efface the bitter recollections of the past. With such auxi liaries in view, a vessel more or less mattered little. But the English Minister, what of him ? He knew that notwithstanding his estimates and his experiments, notwithstanding Aldershott and Woolwich, notwithstanding Warriors and WHlT worm" guns, nothing short of the actual invasion of the British coasts would set any portion of his offensive force in motion. That is to say, with the exception that always attends our Foreign policy under the new regime, provided that the offending power be somewhat on a footing with ourselves. If a small state like Brazil, if an uncivilised country like Japan, it ignorant aborigines like the Maories, trench upon our dignity or our interests, woe he to them ! But it must be immediately per ceptible to any one who has studied the RUSSELL code, that things arc altogether different with re gard to the larger Powers, The new reasoning runs somewhat thus. If the offender be weak and of no influence or consequence, then it is well to lake active measures and settle the matter at once ; but if he be strong and powerful he is likely to in indulge in inconvenient reprisals, and may lead us into a European war which must on no account be risked. So discretion is the better part of valour where the strong are concerned, and justice the bet ter part of mercy in the case of the weak. Earl RUSSELL must have known the terrible odds which Denmark had to encounter without even the moral influence of England on her side. He knew that by his own advice she was entering on the encounter denuded of her strength, stripped of her fairest provinces, weakened by concession, to be rewarded for her docility by being told that nothing should induce her Mentor to strike a blow on her behalf If the ease had been reversed, and Denmark picked a quarrel with Prussia, we can all tell what would have been the re sult. Words would not have sufficed then, bat words and fleets and men alike would have been at the service of the ill used great Power, It used to be a tradition in our playgrounds that it was cowardly to fight a boy of greatly inferior size, but that part of Earl RUSSELL'S scholastic educa tion appears to have been omitted. He has no objection to looking on at such sport, but we are inclined to think the Danish ambassador might have withheld his information had he foreseen the subsequent coolness of his " cordial ally." But no matter. There are French dockyards and French shipbuilders who are less restricted if not more skilful. Belligerents must look to them for the future. That is to say, if they want their vessels for actual use, and not to adorn their harbours in time of peace. There is a new Inspector and Con troller-General of Private Dockyards added to our list of Admiralty officials, and we may yet live to see Earl RUSSELL realising SYDNEY SMITH'S famous anticipation, and assuming the command s in u g re a w t e t s h h e al m l as se t e -h a e fl a a d g n o ; t t h r e uc fl e of the Ch anne l fl eet , on which occasion we may be f flag - r n m hi a p n . ently float Mr. DISRAELI'S remarks the other night were very apropos, and it is to be trusted that these reiterated attacks will have some effect on her MAJESTY'S Ministers, and induce them, however tardily, to disclose to our view some glimpse of their tortu ous policy, and some knowledge of their strange manoeuvres, The right hon. gentleman was espe cially brilliant on Monday evening, and indeed it is not to be wondered at that the energies of a speaker should be excited to the uttermost, and his abilities of sarcasm display themselves to full ad vantage when the subject chosen for discourse is one so irritating as that of the present foreign policy of our Government. The fact is Ministers are play ing a very dangerous game, and rather outwitting themselves, for tired of waiting for the tardy arrival of these despatches, people are beginning to say ' that it is all their fault that so much confusion and imbroglio have arisen. Mr.DISRAELI made one strong point in his speech when he said that he could not say how far it was incumbent upon the Government to go to war to preserve Denmark until he knew what engagements they had entered upon, but he forcibly added, " Irrespective of that point, I assert that if our affairs had been managed with duo firm ness and conciliation, with straightforwardness and with common sense, the integrity and the independ ence of Denmark would never have been endangered." This is the real issue of the case, and ably illustrates the root of the evil. When with a grandiloquent air the Premier exhorts members to wait for the TIM SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVEN perusal of the despatches before presuming to give an opinion, the truth is that all the time without reading them the skilled in the savoir faire of politics may know that the much-vaunted despatches are in fault without glancing at them. Had they been at all in accordance with what ought to have emanated from a great country like this, so little need could hardly have been paid to our requests, intirCations, remarks, or whatever polite phraseo logy may choose to call the communications that have taken place. Mr. DISRAELI also alluded to the noble lord': favourite way of meeting any cen sure on his Cabinet, by twitting and taunting his opponents with blaming them without being capable of doing better themselves. "I should be very sorry to be in the position in which the noble lord finds himself," remarked Mr. DISRAELI, but he went on to say that had he and his friends been upon the Treasury Bench that calamity would not have oc curred, A just reproof was given to the Foreign Secretary for the remarkable reticence which he displays in producing the papers that are chiefly wanted, and when we consider the significance of this remark, it must be confessed that any amount of criticism seems justified. It has twice happened with the present Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that at critical periods, when he has been obliged to furnish Parliament with voluminous papers, the question has been decided, not on the papers laid before Parliament by the Minister, but on papers which, in conse quence of their publication, appeared abroad," When we recollect the very unsatisfactory answer that was afforded to a question asked some time back, as to whether all the papers would be pro duced or not, it must be confessed that there is more than suspicion to justify the fears expressed by the leader of the Opposition. At the same time, it is a very serious fault in a Minister to confuse the public mind after this fashion, The means employed are unworthy, the end gained is comparatively trivial, and if the stratagem be successful and the man ceuvres . triumph for a time,still the "trick," for it is neither more nor less than one, discovered. Can anything be more preposterous than for a member of the legis lature to sit down and peruse voluminous despatches, whose advent has been announced by a great flourish of trumpets, and yet to feel morally certain in his own mind that he has not got the information which he especially needs, and ought particularly to have. Lord DERBY the other night observed that papers were laid before Congress which that House was not allowed to receive. If some very fundamental change is not made in this re spect, the representative assembly of England will soon become the laughing-stock of Europe, indeed of the world. It could not have been a very pleasant discourse for the Treasury Bench to listen to from the Conservative leader the other night, and as he reviewed the past, denounced the present, and dimly foreshadowed the future, many a member who, at a pinch, would support the Go vernment, must have acknowledged to himself that, after all, the great Liberal Administration had been rather a failure in its pertinacious struggles for place and its reckless retention of place. It is at, any rate satisfactory to find that the tortuous policy and inconvenient mode of procedure adopted by the Government is stigmatised by one of so high and influential a position as the leader of the Opposition ; and whether or not parties change sides this session, at all events, he and his friends will ge in the ap proval of the country for the fearless efforts and bold demeanour which they have exhibited at a trying time in the position of affairs and a critical juncture in the history of nations. It is at such a period that we recognise the use and necessity of an Opposition. It keeps alive the public attention, awakens thought, and compels comparison. The spirit of the people is more represented by the ad verse interchange of opinions, no matter whether the questions be foreign or domestic ; and if we find this advantage in times of tranquillity, we may be sure that the effect is doubled in epochs of confusion and disturbance. Whatever shortcomings may have been witnessed on the part of the Government, no one can say that their opponents are to be blamed for lukewarmness. They have displayed a zeal, a consistency, and a fixed purpose which do them infinite credit, and if their efforts do not put off the evil day of their country's dishonour, at all events they may mitigate the evil, and modify the extent of the calamity, and they certainly prevent the uninitiated and the inexperienced from rushing into dangers with their vision dazzled by the specious promises of Ministers. The Historian Prescott's Library. As DESCRIBED IN HIS NEWLY-PUBLISHED MEMOIRS. Two sides of the room were lined with books from floor to ceiling. On the easterly side was a green screen, which darkened that part of the room towards which he turned his face as he sat at his writing-table. On the westerly side was ono win dow covered by several curtains of light-blue mus lin, so arranged that any one of them could be wholly or partially raised, and thus temper the light exactly to the ability of hi s eye to b ear i t , as the sky might happen to be bri g ht or c l ou d y , or hi s eye more or less sensitive. In the centre of the room stood his writing-table, at which he sat in a rocking-chair with his back towards the curtained window, and sometimes with a green shade over his eyes. When we had a fire, he used only coke in the grate, as giving out no flame, and he frequently placed a screen between himself and the grate to keep off the glare of the embers. At the north westerly corner of the room was the only window not partly or wholly darkened. It was set high up in the wall, and under it was my chair. I was thus brought a short distance from his left side, and rather behind him—as a sailor would say, on his quarter. In this position I read aloud to him regu larly every day, from ten o'clock in the forenoon to two in the afternoon, and from about six in the evening to eight. Ire seemed fully con scious of the difficulty of the task before him, but resolutely determined to accomplish it, if human patience and perseverance could do so. As I read any passages which he wished to impress on his memory, he would say, « Mark that"—that is, draw parallel lines in the margin with a pencil against it. He used also to take a note or memo randum of anything he wished particularly to remember, with a reference to it. His writing apparatus always lay open before him on the table, and he usually sat with his ivory style in hand, ready to make his notes of reference. These notes I afterwards copied out in a very large round hand for his future use, and, when he began actually to write the history, would read them over and verify the reference by th e or i g i na l au th or ity, if h e re quired it. I think, however ; he did not very often find it necessary to refer to the book, as he seemed to have cultivated his memory to a very high degree, and had besides a habit of reflecting upon and arranging in his mind, or " digesting," as he phrased it, the morning's reading while sitting alone afterwards in his study. A graphic phrase it was, too, consid er i ng that he t oo k i n th roug h hi s ears I don't know h ow many pages at a four hours' session of steady reading. The wonder was, how he could find time to " digest" such a load between the sessions. But thus he fixed the substance of what had been read to him in his mind, and im pressed the results of the forenoon's work on his memory. When I first began to read Mr. Pres cott, his eye was in a very sensitive state, and he did not attempt to use it at all. After some months, however, it got stronger, and he would sit at the curtained window, w ith a volume open upon a frame on a stand, and read himself, marking pas sages as he went along. While so reading, he would frequently raise or lower, wholly or partially, one or more of the blue curtains. Jach of them hail NG, MARCH 2, 1864 its separate cord, whicch). he know as well as a sailor knows his ropes. Every little white cloud that passed across the sky rtquired a change in the arrangement of these curtains, so sensitive was his eye to a variation of light imperceptible to me. But it was only a portion of the time that he could do this. His eye would give way, or he would feel symptoms of returning trouble, and then, for weeks together, he would be compelled to take his old seat in the rocking-chair, and return to the slow process of listening and marking passages, and having his notes and memoranda read over to him, as at the first. Ironclad Ships. At the Royal United Service Institution, on Mon day evening —Colonel Yorke in the chair—a paper wan read by Captain J. H. Selwyn, " On armoured or ironclad ships : their advantages and defects." Captain Selwyn introduced the subject with some disparaging remarks on the American " monitors," which, he said, might perhaps be adapted for use on rivers, but were quite unfitted for the general purposes of war ships at sea. He contended that a properly constructed ship of war ought to possess the following properties :---It should be fast and manageable; it should be unsinkable; it should be impenetrable by shot or shell ; and it should be durable. The property of speed had, he said, been attained in a great degree by most of the ships recently constructed, but to attain that advantage great length was required, which in creased the difficulty of ready management ; but that difficulty he thought might be removed by the adoption of double screws. To render a ship as unsinkable as possible, Captain Selwyn proposed that the plan of partitioning by waterproof bulk heads and waterpriof compartments should be extended. He would have the bottom of the ship divided into compartments that would not hold more than twenty tons of water, so that, supposing a shot were to penetrate, or the ship were to strike upon a rock, it would not sink. The defensive armour of ships, as at present applied, would, he observed, only protect them in still water, and in a rough sea the unplated parts would be fre quently exposed to shot; se that, without some provision of the kind for rendering them unsinkable, apparently invulnerable ships might be soon sent to the bottom. With respect to armour plating, Captain Selwyn regretted that, notwith standing the large sums spent in experiments, no principles had yet been established to determine the best mode of resistance to the impact of shot. He exhibited sections of all the British armour plated ships, either completed or in the course of construc tion, and observed that none of them, with the ex ception of the Bellerophon, which has 6-inch iron plates and 18 inches of wood backing, is impene trable by the guns now made. The importance of the wood backing had been greatly neglected in some of the armoured ships recently constructed, for recent experiments had shown its value in resisting the passage of shot. Capt. Selwyn was of opinion that, by using steel plates in constructing the skin of the ship, great advantage would be gained, and the additional buoyancy thus attained would enable ships to carry thicker armour plating than is at present possible. It had, indeed, been stated by Mr. Bessemer that by that means ships might be constructed that would be capable of carrying iron plates nine inches thick. Captain Selwyn thought OW a much more satisfactory series of experiments might be made to ascertain the resistance to impact, and at much less expense, by means of a steam ham mer than by the mode now adopted, which led to no definite results, and established no principles by which the power of resistance to impact could be de termined. With respect to the d urability of iron ships and of armour plating, Capt. Selwyn observed that they are very liable to corrode by voltaic action, and that in several instances the rivets are so corroded as to drop out. It is very difficult to prevent such voltaic action on a large mass of iron, for it takes place not only when iron comes in contact with copper or other metals, but different kinds of iron when in contact will excite voltaic electricity, and even different parts of the same iron bar will excite it. He exhibited this by experiment with two pieces of iron broken from the same bar, which were immersed in diluted sulphuric acid, and on being brought into contact electricity was excited, as was shown by the deflection of a delicate galva nometer. No efficient means, he said, had yet been devised to prevent this destructive action. He con sidered the most effective would be the application of a thick coating of gas tar inside the plates. Admiral HALSTED noticed, in confirmation of Captain Selwyn's observations respecting the ab sence of definite results from the experiments of firing at targets, the different effects in the recent experiments with steel shot at Portsmouth on the same target, when fired at with the same gun under apparently the same circumstances. Mr. VICKARS, having understood Captain Selwyn to recommend steel plates for the armour of ships, mentioned a number of experiments which proved that steel is not adapted for the purpose, for when the plates exceeded three_quarters of an inch in thickness they broke like glass. Captain HARRISON mentioned the results of several experiments at Shoeburyness, especially with the 6001 b. shot, which at a distance of 1,000 yards smashed the Warrior target to pieces. The gun, he said, carried the shot with the utmost pre cision. With respect to the use of steel shot, he observed that the present object is to obtain the best kind of shot at the least mt. The Bessemer steel as yet manufactured does not answer the purpose, but from some experiments recently made with an improved kind of cast iron, it is probable that that material mey be made to answer nearly as well as the best steel which costs £5O per ton. Admiral SARTORIUS expressed the opinion that it was useless to attempt to resist shot of such enor mous size as those now fired, and that it would be better to give them free passage, so that they might do as little damage as possible. Capt. FISUBOURNE, It.N., considered that undue importance has been attached to iron-plating and large guns. He objected to the plan adopted of using small charges of powder, and he instanced recent experiments made in France with a 30- pounder gun, fired with charges of 29 pounds of powder, the shot fired from which penetrated a five inch iron plate at a distance of 1,000 yards. He thought that by strength. ecing the 68-pounder gun, and firing it with an increased charge of powder, an equal or better degree of penetration might be attained as with the guns of larger size fired with po Oder only one fourth the weight of the shot. The armour-plated ships, armed with a few heavy guns that could not be efficiently worked, would not be so effective in action as if they carried a greater number of guns of smaller size, fired with increased charges of powder. Sir E. BELCILER said he knew several com manders of wooden ships now afloat who thought that they were superior to the iron -clads, and who would readily engage such a ship, feeling confident that they would be able to give a good account of her. The meeting then adjourned. The directors of the St. John d'El Rey Mining Company (Limited, have recuived, by telegram from Lisbon, the following report, dated Morro Veiho, Jan. 29 :—Produce, eleven days of January, 12,701 ottavas ; yield, 6.138 oitavas p9.r ton ; remittance, 8C,509 ostavas. Working regularly—doing good duty. Messrs. Baring Brothers have received by this mail 23,551 dollars on account of the Mexican divi dend fund. Messrs. Baring and Co.'s agents in Venezuela advise that they have received for 55 per cent. of the import duties from Puerto Cabello, for three weeks, 16,459 dole. 74e., and from La Guar a, for two weeks, 8,093 dole. 25c. ; making a total of 24,C52 dole. 99c. Messrs. Baring are now prepared to receive for payment the coupons due on the lst January last on the Three per Cents. and One and a Half per Cents, at the rate of 2 per cent. on the former, and 1 per cent. on the latter. The coupons are to be left two clear days for examination. The same firm also announces that they have received £1,073 3s Gd by the present mail from the Custom house of Santa Marta for the New Granada divi dend fund.. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LRETJTER'S TELEGRAMS.] - ~- DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, MARCII 1, 8.30 P.M. Yesterday a squadron of Danish dragoons en countered two squadrons of the enemy's Hussars between Varde and Fredericia. Our loss in the engagement amounted to nine men wounded and missing, we captured one officer, a surgeon, and 28 hussars, SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 1. The members of the new Ministry will take the oath to-day. The Cabinet is composed as follows— Senor Mon .. . , President of the Council without portfolio. Senor Pacheco.. .. Minister of State. Senor Mayans .. .. Minister of Justice. Senor Marahesi .. Minister of War. Senor Salaverria .. Minister of Finance. Senor Canovas .. .. Minister of Interior. Senor Pareja .. .. Minister of Marine. Senor Ballesteros . , Minister of Public Works Senor Ulloa .. .. Minister of Colonies. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, MARCH I. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Oneida, from the Brazils, &c., has arrived here, and will leave at noon to-day for Southampton, with. 44 passengers, £5,020 in specie, 580 bales of cotton, 100 packages tapioca, 610 bales tobacco, and 147 packages sundries. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 2. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here, Sho brings 36 passengers, £13,904 in specie, and a general cargo, including raw silk value £50,009 sterling. Sir Moses Montefiore left Gibraltar for Malaga on the 25th ult. FRANCE. PARIS, MAr.cll 2. The Constitutionnel of this morning, in an ar►tick signed by M. Limayrac, points out the difference between the attitude and interests of Prussia and Austria in the Dano•German question. The Aloniteur publishes a letter from Mexico announcing the capitulation of Campeachy and the ruin of the Juarez party, which in Campeachy had its last resource. AMERICA. CROOKHAVEN, MAncu 2. The extra Cunard steamer Olympus, from New York, on the 18th ult., passed here at 6 a.m. to-day. She brings 53 passengers and 66,000 dols. in specie. Her news have been anticipated by the Arabia. THE LATE M. PIETRI. A telegraphic despatch, received yesterday, an nounces the death of M. Pierre Marie Pietri, Senator of the Empire. He had long been in declining health, and before his death had been visited by the Emperor and Prince Napoleon, besides receiving the spiritual consolations of the communion at the hands of the Archbishop of Paris. M. Pietri was a Cor sican, and was born about 1810 at Sartene. He studied law at Aix, was called to the bar of the Cour Royale, and was what would be called in the Temple " devil" to M. Cremieux, after wards the well-known Hebrew Minister of Justice in 1848, whose caustic letter to Lord Brougham, in which he declined to nationalise the noble and learned lord unless the latter resigned his English status and pension, afforded much amusement in this coun try at the time. At this time M. Pietri was a Republican, and in June, 1832, signed the protest drawn up by M. Ledru Rollin against the state of siege. For 18 years nearly he was sent to professional " Coven try ;" he was, as he said," ear la freche." In 1848 he joined the Republican movement, and, under the Provisional Government, was made commissary general of Corsica, in which capacity he was elected deputy far the island, " as an act of respect for the Republic," being third on a list of six which contained the names of three Bonapartes. In the Assembly he was named on the committee of home affairs. He voted with the Left party against the prosecution of Louis Blanc and Caussidere, against the establishment of state of siege and personal surveillance, for the decree for limiting the hours of work, for a progres sive duty, &c. He strongly supported the famous amendment of M. Grevy in favour of the appoint ment of a president of the council of Ministers instead of a President of the Republic. Articles 41, 43, and 45, bearing on this point were, however, rejected by 643 votes against 158. In spite of his opposition to a President of the Republic, M. Pietri distinguished himself by his support of the present Emperor of the French when a candidate for that office. Then he belonged to the " party of order," renouncing his somewhat strongly pronounced Re publican opinions. He voted with M. Rateau on that deputy's famous proposal in 1842 to dissolve the Constituent Assembly, in order to rid the Go vernment from the opposition of the Republican party—a proposal which was carried by 470 to 337 votes. In the Assembly M. Pietri, now a Republi can resipiscens, devoted to law, order, and Napo lecnism, advocated the suppression of clubs, and supported the disastrous Italian expedition, the end of which is yet to come. He received his reward in due time—he was appointed in 1849 Prefect of Ariege, and in 1857 Prefect of Doubs and the Haute Garonne. Towards the end of January, 1852, this indefatigable servant of the Tuileries was appointed Prefect of Police in the room of M. de Maupas, who was called to a higher office in con nection with the administration of justice. M. Pietri held this office till the early part of the year 1858. He was nominated a senator of the empire June 9, 1857 ; chevalier of the Legion of Honour, 1850; and grand officer of that order June 17, 1856. M. Pietri was concerned in the annexation of Savoy and Nice to the French empire, and his manipulation of the votes of the population, taken by the blessed instrumentality of universal suffrage, was so successful as to insure him in its ultimate results the favour of the Emperor and the execration of the British House of Commons, excepting ,Mr. John Blight, who said "Perish Savoy." DEATH OF CAYOUR'S BROTHER.—The Marquis Gustave Cavour, eldest surviving brother of the late Count Cavour, has just died of apoplexy at Turn, In 1848 the deceased belonged to the Conservative party, and was one of the founders of the Armenia, at the head of which journal ho remained until 1851. From the time of his brother's accession to office he gradually fell off from his former associates, and in 1859 was completely in accord with the Piedmontese Government. He was at first a great admirer of Father Passaglia, whom he kept at his house for some time, but at length get tired of him, Of the Cavour family there now only remains Count Eginard, younger son of the marquis. The eldest brother died in Lombardy in 1818, where he was serving as lieutenant of artillery. The marquis leaves a daughter married to Count Alfieri. THE DANISH BLOCKADE.—Lord Russell has received a despatch from Sir Augustus Paget, her Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen, forwarding a copy of a note which had been addressed to him by the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, notifying the establishment of the blockade, and stating that neutral vessels will be allowed to the let of April to clear out of the blockaded ports • " M. Quaade also states that if in any special case it should happen that this delay is not suf f icient for the clearing out of the neutral ships, the officer in command of the blockad ing force is authorised to grant, on demand of the consular agent, a further delay for their free departure." WHO POSSIBLY CAN THEY BE P—The following gentlemen have been added to the National Shakspere Corn. mittee :—Cyrus Field, Esq New York ; J, P. Lasanta, Esq., Cadiz : Jos4 E. Ivison, Esq., Jerez; and N. F. Palmer, Mc'. IR i, HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, March 29. The Queen, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. In the afternoon the Queen held a council. It was attended by Earl Granville (Lord President), the Duke of Argyll (Lord Privy Seal), the Duke of Somerset, and Sir George Grey. Mr. A. Helps: the Clerk of the Council, attended. At the Council the following alterations were made in the roll of sheriffs for the year 1864 : STAFFORDSIIIRE—Thomas Thorneycroft, of Tot tenhall•wood, Wolverhampton, Esq., in the room of George Briscoe, of Elmhurst Hull, Lichfield, Esq. • DENBIGHSHIRE—Boscavven Trevor Griffith, of Trevelyan Hall, Wrexham, Esq., in the room of John Lloyd Wynn, of Coedcoek, Abergele, Esq. Earl Granville and the Duke of Somerset ha audiences of the Queen. The Marquis of Tweedale had an audience, an d received from her Majesty the gold stick, as Colon el of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards. Lord de Tabley and Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Bentin were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold took a car— riage drive, attended by Mr. Buff. Lord de Tabley and Lieutenant-General Sir 1-1. Bentinck have succeeded Lord Cremorne and Lieu.- tenant-Colonel Cavendish as Lord and Groom i 0 Waiting; and Lord Charles Fitzroy and Colonel H. Ponsonby have succeeded Major-General Se3r mour and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. de Ros sta Equerries in Waiting to her Majesty. The Dean of Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and Royal Family. The Princess Helena, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Lieut.. Colonel Cavendish, arrived on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales, at Marlborough House, yesterday. The Duke de Nemours and the Princess Margue rite visited the Prince and Princess of Wales, at Marlborough House, in the morning. The jewelled national token from South Wales, to the Princess of Wales, was presented to her Ro'gal Highness by the Countess Dowager of Dunrav en, accompanied by the Lady Llanover, Lady Fracees Pratt, Lady Jane Walsh, and Mrs. Saunders Davis. The jewels consist of a badge in emeralds and diamonds, with the leek; surmounted by a bouquet composed of the trefoil, oak, wheat, and mistletoor the bardic emblems of the four seasons, and a motto, in Welsh, " From south Wales to their Princess a bracelet, with fine emeralds and diamond centr the leek in pearls, emeralds and diamonds compose ing the band, with a motto in Welsh," God preserve our own Princess." The casket containing the jewels is richly mounted in gold, and bears a Buil able inscription in the Welsh language. An offering to the Princess of Wales, from the province of North Jutland, was presented by M. d 0 Bille, the Danish Minister. An offering of a richly -sculptured vase in. silver from the Danish inhabitants of London was pre-• seated by a committee of Danish gentlemen. Lord Harris had the honour of presenting to het Royal Highness three of f erings from South Aus tralia ;-1. A flower stand, composed of five emu's eggs, set in pure gold, and supported by a pedestal of pure gold, from Lady Tharkly and the ladies cf Victoria. 2. A casket, richly wrought in pur silver, from Sir James F. Palmer, President of th Legislative Council of Victoria. 3. A casket formed of a large emu's egg, set in pure gold, supported by a pedestal of pure gold, from Lady Daly and the ladies of South Australia. Ttiese three offerings were forwarded through the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Princess of Wales took a carriage driver attended by the Countess de Grey, in the afternoon• In the evening the Prince and Princess of Waleo gave a dinner party at 'Marlborough- house. Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel has relieved Major Teesdale as Equerry in Waiting to the Prince 0 1 Wales. The Duke of Newcastle, by the urgent advice of his medical attendants, is still induced to absent himself, not only from attendance at the Cabinet Councils, but also from the House of Lords. His grace, however, constantlf attends to his official dutieS. The Marquis of Normanby has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Mulgrave Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury wilf not give their customary series of parties until after tha Easter recess. The Earl and Countess of Wilton do not return! to town for a permanency until the first week in April. The Earl and Countess Delewarr will remain at Buckburst-park, Sussex, till after the Easter holidays. Th. o noble earl and countess are in excellent health. The Earl and Countess of Zatland have arrived at their residence in Arlington-streot from Apleatham Hallo near Guisborough. Tne Countess Russell will continue her select "receptions" on Fridays till Raster. The Bishop of Winchester is, we are assured, 111 excellent health, and no do übt the report of the right reir° prelate's illness is unfounded. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Mr. Graham Lawson have left the Clarendon Hotel for Edinburgh. Colonel and Mrs. Cowell Stepney have arrival at the Alexandra Hotel, St. George's -place, Hyde.parlv corner, The Hon. Charles Smyth Vereker, High Sheriff of Limerick, has left town for Ireland. A marriage will shortly be celebrated between Mr. Paynton Pigott Conant (late Captain 16th Lancers) arii l the Hon. Henrietta Carlton, eldest daughter of Lord Dor" chester. Sir Walter and Lady James entertained the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mrs. and Miss Gladstone and a select party at dinner last evening, at their mansion in Whitehall-gardens. The Rev. Maur St. Vincent and Mrs. and 3 11 iS i St. Vincent have left the Brunswick Rotel, Jernsyn-street fur Fife. MATERIAL AID TO DENMARIC—The Earl of Ellenborough will, on Friday next, in the House of Lord* ask the Government whether any measures have been takC with a view to an eventual necessity of affording =ger aid to Denmark, MULREADY EXHIBITION.—An exhibition of the works of the late William Malready, R.A., Wtll open on Saturday, the 12th March, at the South Kensior ton Museum. Through the liberality of those who ate th e fortunate possessors of the productions of his pencil, a N l ' lection comprising a large proportion of his finished picture* and a considerable number of sketches, studies, and drag' ings will be exhibited for some months. It is intended to arrange the work s as f ar as practicable in a chronologic al series, showing th e progress and patient study of t he painter from th e b eg i nn i ng to the end of a career extend i ng over more than halt a century, and the advancing steps b i which he re ac h e d hi s hi gh position among the foremost o f British artists. The list of those who contribute to tihe exhibition includes, with but few exceptions, all the know; possessors of his wo r k s , an d i s headed by her Majesty, lends from the Royal collection at Buckingham Pal a f e : ``The \Volt and Th e L am b , " and " Interior of an Engir39; Cottage." P er h aps no more fitting memorial of the grew; painter can be devised than a collection of all his ‘lloindr gathered together f or pu b l i c exhibition, and it is b ; that on the p resent occasion the display will be a comPle one. NARROW ESCAPE OF MR. W. ANGERSTEI M.P,--O n Monday evening, between eight a n nine o'clock, Mr. W. Angerstein, M.P. for Greenwi ch; and his son were returning in a carriage drawn by a I,l'ir° high-spirited horses from a hunting party, and whett tween Beckenh am an d S outhend, Lewisham one of to tween shied at somet hi ng i n the road, and started eft at a gallop. A timber waggon has been le ft °1 ; the side of the roa d at a very dark spot, against whieb . .. f tit ; horses ran with c ons id era b le force, although, happily', Angerstein and hi s son, together with the stud grows escaped without i n j ury. One of the horses, however, so much hurt, th a t Ai r. Green ve t er inary surgeon, on su` e. . ing it, advis e d th at i t should be killed, which was 1U diately done. 'immediate); ORIGINAL MSS. OF POPE AND W ARDUR TOII." . The authoriti es of the Br i t i s h Museum, in the course of last week, acquired, for the Manuscript De Sty ~. ment, lcollection Of no fewer than one nundred and letters that formed part of the correspondence between Pt and Wa r b urton. These have been for a long time in t' y possession o f a mem b er of the family of th e latter. l' be r , are described as being of an extremely interesting ellaract4 and hitherto unpublished.